Make a Face

by Allan Ahlberg, Colin McNaughton

First published in 1985, in three there is a big, fat frog to meet, a whole sum of boys is to be added up, and someone gets a jumbo-sized leg-up.

Genres: Childrens

32 pages, Paperback

First published August 15, 1985

About the author

Allan Ahlberg was one of the UK's most acclaimed and successful authors of children's books - including the best-selling Jolly Postman series. Born in Croydon in 1938, he was educated at Sunderland Technical College. Although he dreamed of becoming a writer since the age of twelve, his route to that goal was somewhat circuitous. Other jobs along the way included postman (not an especially jolly one, he recalls), gravedigger, plumber, and teacher.

Ahlberg wrote his first book when he was thirty-seven, after a decade of teaching - a profession that he maintains is "much harder" than being a writer. He says that if he hadn't become a writer, he would have loved to be a soccer player. He was married for many years to fellow children's author Janet Ahlberg, with whom he often worked. Their daughter, Jessica Ahlberg, is also a children's author.

Reviews

[shadesofwords · Rating 3 out of 5]

Short and fun. The addition is confusing!